dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/fl_mwt.json
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{
"flagellate":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagellates":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagged":{
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"flowers flagging in the summer heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lolled",
"sagged",
"swagged",
"wilted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouched",
"slumped",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"fell",
"sank",
"sunk",
"subsided",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distended",
"stiffened",
"rose",
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"flagged the cars into the other parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagrant":{
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"examples":[
"that was a flagrant violation of the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"glaring",
"gross",
"obvious",
"patent",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flameouts":{
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"related":[
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"abasements",
"disgraces",
"humiliations"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flames":{
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"examples":[
"decided to look up an old flame while she was in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"glows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"bursts (forth)",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flares (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winkles",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a flare in gift card sales around graduation time"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"ended the quarrel with a stunning flare of swearwords"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flame",
"glare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare (up)":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare-up":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaringly":{
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flash point":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot button",
"third rail"
],
"synonyms":[
"powder keg",
"time bomb",
"tinderbox",
"volcano"
]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
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"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"examples":[
"that troubled region remains one of the world's most dangerous flash points"
],
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"powder kegs",
"time bombs",
"tinderboxes",
"volcanoes",
"volcanos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot buttons",
"third rails"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"tensions between the two longtime adversaries were at a flash point"
],
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"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashbulb":{
"as in lighting , flashlight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashlights":{
"as in lightings , lanterns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flat-footed":{
"as in unprepared , unready":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"underprepared",
"unprepared",
"unready",
"unqualified",
"untrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fit",
"go",
"prepared",
"ready",
"set",
"conditioned",
"primed",
"ripe",
"armed",
"braced",
"fortified",
"steeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flat-out":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"regarded their son-in-law as a flat-out loser and let him know it"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in completely , absolutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"categorically",
"cold",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"realistically",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably",
"admittedly",
"forsooth",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly",
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"clean",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"through and through",
"well",
"wide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"flatline":{
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"related":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatter":{
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"suck (up to)",
"toady",
"idolize",
"worship",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"felicitate",
"drool",
"gush",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"court",
"romance",
"woo"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulate",
"belaud",
"blarney",
"butter up",
"hero-worship",
"honey",
"massage",
"overpraise",
"puff",
"soft-soap",
"stroke"
]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swash",
"vapor",
"vaunt",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pique",
"plume",
"pride"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatteries":{
"excessive praise":{
"examples":[
"a talk show host who is known for charming her guests with disingenuous flattery"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flattering":{
"as in laudatory , hagiographic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"accepting",
"warm",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in excessive , fulsome":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excessive",
"fulsome",
"affected",
"bloated",
"fancy-pants",
"grandiose",
"inflated",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"aureate",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"magnific",
"ornate",
"purple",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"lofty",
"bookish",
"inkhorn",
"learned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"unpoetic",
"bald",
"direct",
"lean",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"spare",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"natural",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulating",
"belauding",
"blarneying",
"buttering up",
"hero-worshipping",
"hero-worshiping",
"honeying",
"massaging",
"overpraising",
"puffing",
"soft-soaping",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"sucking (up to)",
"toadying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating",
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"courting",
"romancing",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"synonyms":[
"piquing",
"pluming",
"priding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boasting",
"bragging",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"swanking",
"swashing",
"vaporing",
"vaunting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flatters":{
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"soft-soaps",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"synonyms":[
"piques",
"plumes",
"prides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boasts",
"brags",
"crows",
"gasconades",
"swaggers",
"swanks",
"swashes",
"vapors",
"vaunts",
"congratulates",
"felicitates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flaunting":{
"an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect":{
"examples":[
"at first, her flaunting of her affection for her boyfriend was funny, but after a while it became tiresome"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstration",
"display",
"exhibition",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act",
"charade",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"simulation",
"affectation",
"pose",
"sham",
"betrayal",
"disclosure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flashy , flamboyant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaying",
"disporting",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flashing",
"laying out",
"parading",
"producing",
"showing",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"strutting",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandishing",
"flourishing",
"waving",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"divulging",
"talking (about)",
"telling (of)",
"baring",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"masking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"occulting",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flavorful":{
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"makes a flavorful broth"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flawed":{
"having a fault":{
"examples":[
"a flawed paint job that resulted in some peeling almost as soon as the paint had dried"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flays":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"hulls",
"husks",
"peels",
"shells",
"shucks",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"scales",
"strips",
"pares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleck":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
]
},
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"related":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flecked":{
"marked with spots":{
"examples":[
"that flecked blue writing paper is so attractive"
],
"synonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"mottled",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spangled",
"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"unspotted"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flecks":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flee":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleeting":{
"lasting only for a short time":{
"examples":[
"had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelong",
"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fleshing (out)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"developing",
"dilating (on or upon)",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flew off the handle":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The manager flew off the handle when another customer complaint was called in."
],
"synonyms":[
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flexure":{
"as in twist , loop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckle",
"convolution",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"kink",
"warp",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flibbertigibbety":{
"as in anxious , tense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flicking":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"related":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flicking (off)":{
"as in shutting off , turning off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"braking",
"chocking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off",
"dismantling",
"mothballing",
"phasing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flied":{
"as in canvas":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold up",
"pass",
"stand up",
"wash"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flight":{
"travel through the air by the use of wings":{
"examples":[
"for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds"
],
"synonyms":[
"flying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aviation",
"aeronautics",
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"examples":[
"a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"escape",
"getaway",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jailbreak",
"deliverance",
"liberation",
"redemption",
"release",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"custody",
"detention",
"hold",
"holding",
"retention",
"endangerment",
"hazard",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flimsy":{
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"examples":[
"a flimsy scarf that was more for decoration than for warmth"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
]
},
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
"examples":[
"\"The check is in the mail\" is a pretty flimsy and tired excuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implausible",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unreal",
"wild",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"earthly",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"potential",
"liable"
],
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flinders":{
"as in shiver , smithereens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shiver",
"smithereens",
"bit",
"disk",
"disc",
"fragment",
"part",
"particle",
"portion",
"scrap",
"section",
"shard",
"shred",
"tatter",
"chip",
"flake",
"sliver",
"spall",
"splint",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shave",
"shaving",
"snippet",
"leaf",
"sheet",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fling":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a brief romantic relationship":{
"examples":[
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"affaire",
"amour",
"love",
"love affair",
"romance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intrigue",
"liaison",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"attachment",
"infatuation",
"entanglement",
"flirtation",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"passion",
"calf-love",
"puppy love"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fling (off":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"he flung away the used matchstick",
"flinging off dirty clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flinging":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flings (off or away)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"related":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"flinty":{
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"examples":[
"a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"examples":[
"wrestling opponents intimidating each other with flinty stares"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flipped":{
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"examples":[
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
],
"synonyms":[
"leafed",
"riffled",
"skimmed",
"thumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsed",
"dipped",
"glanced (at)",
"looked over",
"scanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pored (over)",
"studied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"flip the coin over"
],
"synonyms":[
"inverted",
"reversed",
"turned over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposed",
"exchanged",
"interchanged",
"shifted",
"switched",
"overturned",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"float":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berth",
"mooring",
"slip",
"embarcadero",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settle",
"sink"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"lunge",
"plunge",
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"related":[
"bob",
"dangle",
"suspend",
"buoy",
"balloon",
"raft"
],
"synonyms":[
"drift",
"glide",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"ride",
"sail",
"swim",
"waft"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floats":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berths",
"moorings",
"slips",
"embarcaderos",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages"
],
"synonyms":[
"docks",
"jetties",
"landings",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"settles",
"sinks"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
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"dives",
"lunges",
"plunges",
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"related":[
"bobs",
"dangles",
"suspends",
"buoys",
"balloons",
"rafts"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifts",
"glides",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"rides",
"sails",
"swims",
"wafts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flog":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"related":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coast",
"fly",
"glide",
"kilt",
"sail",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"related":[
"jog",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"wallow",
"welter",
"falter",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"fumble",
"muddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bumble",
"flounder",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
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"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flogged":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"synonyms":[
"birched",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"lashed",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"slashed",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouted",
"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"bumbled",
"floundered",
"limped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"struggled",
"stumbled",
"trudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogged",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"wallowed",
"weltered",
"faltered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"fumbled",
"muddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasted",
"flew",
"glided",
"kilted",
"sailed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flogs":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"barges",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bumbles",
"flounders",
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"struggles",
"stumbles",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"wallows",
"welters",
"falters",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"fumbles",
"muddles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasts",
"flies",
"glides",
"kilts",
"sails",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flood":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
"a flood of messages on my computer"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"antonyms":[
"drain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flood tide":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floods":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
"a flood of messages on my computer"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
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"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
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"drains"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"couch",
"doss (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"lie up",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"flophouse":{
"as in dorm , dormitory":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"camp",
"encampment",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof",
"barracks",
"billet",
"cantonment",
"fort",
"garrison",
"installation",
"post"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flow":{
"to move in a stream":{
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"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
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"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream"
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"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush",
"fountain",
"gush",
"spout",
"spurt",
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overrun",
"swamp",
"cascade",
"dribble",
"drip",
"gutter",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"sheet",
"trickle",
"flush",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"back up"
]
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"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
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"bowl",
"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"cruise",
"drift",
"glide",
"roll",
"sail",
"skim",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"rush",
"speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stumble",
"trudge",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"labor",
"toil"
],
"antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
]
},
"as in flood , overflow":{
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"deluge",
"flood",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"affluence",
"flux",
"income",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inpouring",
"inrush",
"rush",
"stampede",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"emigration",
"exodus",
"flight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flowed":{
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
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"poured",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"disembogued",
"effused",
"emanated",
"issued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"coursed",
"raced",
"rushed",
"fountained",
"gushed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overran",
"swamped",
"cascaded",
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"guttered",
"riffled",
"rippled",
"sheeted",
"trickled",
"flushed",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"hardened",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed up"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
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"bowled",
"breezed",
"brushed",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"glided",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"skimmed",
"slid",
"slipped",
"streamed",
"swept",
"whisked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"stumbled",
"trudged",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"labored",
"toiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flowers":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
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"examples":[
"the skiing season is usually in full flower by Christmas"
],
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"decays",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"bottoms",
"nadirs"
],
"related":[
"autumns",
"Indian summers",
"efflorescences",
"flowerings",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths",
"glories",
"grandeurs",
"splendors",
"belle epoques",
"belles \u00e9poques",
"golden ages",
"silver ages",
"comebacks",
"recoveries",
"revivals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"florescences",
"floruits",
"flushes",
"heydays",
"high noons",
"primes",
"salad days",
"springtimes"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without exception, the flower of this year's graduating class will be going to prestigious colleges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
"related":[
"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts"
]
},
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flowers are always a thoughtful gift"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"buds",
"florets",
"flowerets",
"flowerettes",
"bouquets",
"nosegays",
"posies",
"arrangements",
"boutonnieres",
"corsages",
"garlands",
"leis",
"sprays",
"wreaths"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms"
]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries up",
"fades",
"shrivels",
"wilts",
"withers",
"dies",
"drops",
"expires",
"perishes"
],
"related":[
"leafs",
"leaves",
"buds",
"opens"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"blows",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"effloresces",
"unfolds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flub":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"related":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluctuate":{
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"mutate",
"shift",
"snap",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphose",
"morph",
"transmute",
"better",
"improve",
"deteriorate",
"worsen",
"turn around",
"seesaw",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateau",
"stabilize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluctuates":{
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"antonyms":[
"plateaus",
"stabilizes"
],
"examples":[
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphoses",
"morphs",
"transmutes",
"betters",
"improves",
"deteriorates",
"worsens",
"turns around",
"seesaws",
"teeters",
"vacillates",
"wavers"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"mutates",
"shifts",
"snaps",
"varies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluctuating":{
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"a fluctuating stock market makes it hard for investors to know what to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"not staying constant":{
"examples":[
"our speed was constantly fluctuating , so the figure of 50 miles per hour is just an average"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"erratic",
"irregular",
"unequal",
"uneven",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"choppy",
"fickle",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"uncertain",
"unsettled",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regular"
],
"antonyms":[
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"mutating",
"shifting",
"snapping",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosing",
"morphing",
"transmuting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"deteriorating",
"worsening",
"turning around",
"seesawing",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateauing",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fluctuations":{
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"political instability that resulted in wild fluctuations in the overseas stock markets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluxes",
"inconstancies",
"oscillations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluency":{
"a state of having mastery of or proficiency in a skill":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The students demonstrated fluency in the language by the end of their year abroad."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flummox":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flummoxed":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flummoxing":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"related":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flump":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
],
"synonyms":[
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fling",
"heave",
"sling",
"toss",
"ensconce",
"install",
"plant",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flurried":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"antonyms":[
"calmed",
"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
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"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"related":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flurry":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"related":[
"broadside",
"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
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"examples":[
"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breeze",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"air",
"breath",
"waft",
"puff",
"whiff",
"bluster",
"gale",
"hurricane",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northerly",
"northwester",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"westerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"gust",
"scud",
"williwaw",
"windblast"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"related":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flurrying":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"related":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flush":{
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"was flush after getting out of the hot bath"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities":{
"examples":[
"the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inexact",
"irregular",
"unaligned",
"warped",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"pitted",
"pockmarked",
"pocky"
],
"antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"lumpy",
"rough",
"uneven",
"unsmoothed"
]
},
"having active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"a flush , healthy man of 65"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"revitalized",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
]
},
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"examples":[
"she's very flush now that she has her inheritance"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"near synonyms":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
]
},
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"examples":[
"a field flush with flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"awash",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a border in common":{
"examples":[
"the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
]
},
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
"examples":[
"looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"was in the flush of his youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"floruit",
"flower",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a flush of patriotic pride"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"examples":[
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"wash",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"swamp",
"flow",
"gush",
"rush",
"stream",
"douche",
"hose",
"drench",
"saturate",
"soak",
"douse",
"dowse",
"slosh",
"splash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"glow",
"redden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flushed":{
"as in rinsed , irrigated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in warm , pink":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"glowed",
"reddened"
]
},
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"swamped",
"flowed",
"gushed",
"rushed",
"streamed",
"douched",
"hosed",
"drenched",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"sloshed",
"splashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"irrigated",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"washed",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flushness":{
"as in bloom , flush":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"flush",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"activeness",
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"cleanliness",
"hygiene",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being",
"fettle",
"shape",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluttered":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flailed",
"flapped",
"flopped",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banged",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"knocked",
"pounded",
"smacked",
"spanked",
"thumped",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flitted",
"fanned",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"swung",
"undulated",
"waved",
"palpitated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluttery":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"examples":[
"a fluttery bus driver who was obviously in the wrong line of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"fiddle-footed",
"flighty",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flux":{
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"examples":[
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"fluctuation",
"inconstancy",
"oscillation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transformation",
"transmogrification",
"transmutation",
"vacillation",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a flowing or coming in":{
"examples":[
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluence",
"income",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inpouring",
"inrush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"flood",
"flow",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"rush",
"stampede",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigration",
"exodus",
"flight"
],
"antonyms":[
"outflow",
"outpouring"
]
},
"abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools":{
"examples":[
"Civil War doctors noted frequent cases of flux in the camps"
],
"synonyms":[
"Delhi belly",
"diarrhea",
"Montezuma's revenge",
"runs",
"trots",
"turista"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dysentery",
"shigellosis",
"scour(s)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"examples":[
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"run",
"thaw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"found",
"gutter",
"smelt",
"try",
"dissolve",
"render",
"soften",
"thin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"jell",
"jelly",
"thicken"
],
"antonyms":[
"harden",
"set",
"solidify"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluxes":{
"a flowing or coming in":{
"antonyms":[
"outflows",
"outpourings"
],
"examples":[
"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigrations",
"exoduses",
"flights"
],
"related":[
"deluges",
"floods",
"flows",
"inundations",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluences",
"incomes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inpourings",
"inrushes"
]
},
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the English language is always in a state of flux"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluctuations",
"inconstancies",
"oscillations"
]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"hardens",
"sets",
"solidifies"
],
"examples":[
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"thickens"
],
"related":[
"founds",
"gutters",
"tries",
"dissolves",
"renders",
"softens",
"thins"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"runs",
"thaws"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fly into a rage":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flattered":{
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
"synonyms":[
"piqued",
"plumed",
"prided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boasted",
"bragged",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"swaggered",
"swanked",
"swashed",
"vapored",
"vaunted",
"congratulated",
"felicitated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fly at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flogger":{
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
"examples":[
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
],
"synonyms":[
"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flicker":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"examples":[
"as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers"
],
"synonyms":[
"film",
"flick",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated cartoon",
"cartoon",
"docudrama",
"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
"short",
"short subject",
"silent",
"talkie",
"B movie",
"B picture",
"cofeature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
"examples":[
"there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breath",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"permeation",
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flood tides":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flipping (out)":{
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"cracking",
"freaking (out)",
"melting down",
"wigging (out)"
],
"related":[
"choking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)"
],
"related":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flames out":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flavor":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a birthday party whose Caribbean decorations gave it a tropical flavor"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"related":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"examples":[
"a dish that incorporates most of the trademark flavors of southeast Asia"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavoring",
"seasoning",
"spice"
],
"related":[
"sauce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"loved the deep flavor of the native strawberries"
],
"synonyms":[
"savor",
"savour",
"taste"
],
"related":[
"relish",
"smack",
"tang",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"aftertaste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tastelessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"it seems that short skirts are the new flavor of the month"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chic",
"craze",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
],
"related":[
"nine days' wonder",
"nine day wonder",
"new wave",
"crush",
"infatuation",
"fervor",
"passion",
"furor",
"fuss",
"hullabaloo",
"to-do",
"uproar",
"bandwagon",
"crusade",
"cult",
"movement",
"novelty",
"wrinkle",
"caprice",
"fancy",
"whim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"standard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"try flavoring the beans with salt and oregano"
],
"synonyms":[
"lace",
"savor",
"savour",
"season",
"spice"
],
"related":[
"enhance",
"enrich",
"sauce",
"pepper",
"salt",
"aromatize",
"perfume"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flecking":{
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"dotting",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluffs":{
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"self-consciously picked the fluff off his sweater as he answered the officer's questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"flosses",
"furs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boobs",
"errs",
"flubs",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"screws up",
"slips up",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nods",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"foozles",
"mangles",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"murders",
"miscalculates",
"misconceives",
"miscounts",
"miscues",
"misdeems",
"misgauges",
"misjudges",
"mistakes",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misunderstands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floruit":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century b.c."
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"flower",
"flush",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flue":{
"as in chimney , smokestack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chimney",
"chimney stack",
"smokestack",
"channel",
"conduit",
"duct",
"leader",
"line",
"penstock",
"pipe",
"trough",
"tube",
"drain",
"drainpipe",
"funnel",
"hydrant",
"main",
"spout",
"standpipe",
"stovepipe",
"tile",
"waste pipe",
"waterspout",
"pipage",
"pipeage",
"pipeline",
"piping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flare (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"can we flare out the umbrella a little more so that more of the picnic table is sheltered"
],
"synonyms":[
"expand",
"extend",
"fan (out)",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch",
"spread (out)",
"stretch (out)",
"unfold",
"unfurl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"contract",
"fold"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashed":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked",
"winkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"displayed",
"disported",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flaunted",
"laid out",
"paraded",
"produced",
"showed",
"showed off",
"sported",
"strutted",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandished",
"flourished",
"waved",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"sounded",
"trumpeted",
"divulged",
"talked (about)",
"told (of)",
"bared",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"masked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"occulted",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the disco lights flashed , and the revelers danced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"twinkled",
"winked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flared",
"flickered",
"glanced",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparked",
"sparkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"flashed the news of the royal birth around the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleapit":{
"as in grind house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grind house",
"art house",
"art theater",
"cinematheque",
"drive-in",
"megaplex",
"multiplex",
"plex",
"'plex",
"nickelodeon",
"cinema",
"playhouse",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashback":{
"as in memory , recollection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in history , past":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"past",
"yesterday",
"yesteryear",
"yore",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"record",
"antiquity",
"long ago",
"bygone",
"memoir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"futurity",
"hereafter",
"offing",
"tomorrow",
"moment",
"now",
"present",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flattening":{
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
"examples":[
"flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"evening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clipping",
"cropping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"trimming",
"laying",
"pressing",
"spreading",
"carding",
"combing",
"raking",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"rumpling",
"wrinkling",
"bending",
"kinking",
"denting",
"pitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flightiness":{
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
"examples":[
"a warning that her usual flightiness wouldn't be tolerated at the ceremony honoring war veterans"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"frothiness",
"levity",
"light-headedness",
"light-mindedness",
"lightness",
"silliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"high-spiritedness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"childishness",
"goofiness",
"puerility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"moroseness",
"sadness",
"sullenness",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
]
},
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"examples":[
"his flightiness before the bar exam was so bad that he nearly made himself sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"fidgets",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flares (up)":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flips (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"bursts (forth)",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flock":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of sheep crossing the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"drove",
"herd"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colony",
"covey",
"gaggle",
"pack",
"plump",
"pod",
"school",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd",
"mob",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beset",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"clog",
"dam",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"plug (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fleshly":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"a time of year when people shouldn't focus on fleshly concerns, but instead on spiritual matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"earthborn",
"earthbound",
"earthly",
"material",
"mundane",
"sublunary",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"of or relating to the human body":{
"examples":[
"the fleshly eye sees the only finished painting, but the mind's eye sees the genius behind its creation"
],
"synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"somatic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomic",
"anatomical",
"physiological",
"physiologic",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cerebral",
"inner",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"psychological",
"psychologic",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
]
},
"pleasing to the physical senses":{
"examples":[
"returning campers looking forward to all the fleshly pleasures of home, including warm baths"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"luscious",
"lush",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"voluptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"agreeable",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"gratifying",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"scrumptious",
"epicurean",
"luxurious",
"self-indulgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"painful",
"uncomfortable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"hideous",
"icky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flawing":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crippling",
"crossing (up)",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"blighting",
"tarnishing",
"denting",
"dinging",
"dinting",
"botching",
"gumming (up)",
"queering",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
"bashing",
"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flexible":{
"capable of being readily changed":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, that working mother has a very flexible schedule for her office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"labile",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"parents with a flexible attitude when it comes to the children's bedtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"easygoing",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"able to bend easily without breaking":{
"examples":[
"the tent was held up by crisscrossing flexible rods threaded through the top"
],
"synonyms":[
"bendy",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"willowy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"elastic",
"fluid",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"plastic",
"variable",
"yielding",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"limp",
"semiflexible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"nonmalleable",
"unyielding",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"fragile"
],
"antonyms":[
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stiffened"
]
},
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
"examples":[
"used a flexible plastic for the toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncy",
"elastic",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"supple",
"whippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"unyielding",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flier":{
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"crapshoot",
"enterprise",
"flutter",
"gamble",
"speculation",
"throw",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bet",
"hazard",
"stake",
"wager",
"liberty",
"dark horse",
"long shot",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure thing"
]
},
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
"examples":[
"a hot-air balloon flier"
],
"synonyms":[
"airman",
"aviator",
"birdman",
"pilot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"barnstormer",
"bush pilot",
"copilot",
"flyboy",
"test pilot",
"captain",
"skipper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fleet":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"a fleet of buses rolling down the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"armada",
"caravan",
"cavalcade",
"line",
"motorcade",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosy",
"convoy",
"flotilla",
"navy",
"column",
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"parade",
"procession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"fleecing":{
"the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the fleecing of the summer tourists seems to be a time-honored tradition on that resort island"
],
"synonyms":[
"extortion",
"gouging",
"highway robbery",
"overcharging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"skinning",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flirts (with)":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"courts",
"invites",
"woos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles (for)",
"fishes (for)",
"hunts",
"searches",
"seeks",
"provokes",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleece":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fur",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pelage",
"pile",
"wool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoat",
"underfur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flunkie":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
],
"synonyms":[
"daily",
"domestic",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress"
]
},
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floundering":{
"as in struggling , failing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"flourishing",
"golden",
"halcyon",
"healthy",
"lush",
"palmy",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"successful",
"thriving",
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"bumbling",
"flogging",
"limping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"struggling",
"stumbling",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogging",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"wallowing",
"weltering",
"faltering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"fumbling",
"muddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasting",
"flying",
"gliding",
"kilting",
"sailing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"barging",
"clumping",
"flogging",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"plodding",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"slogging",
"sloughing",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"tromping",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragging",
"flopping",
"hauling",
"blundering",
"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poising",
"wafting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezing",
"coasting",
"gliding",
"sliding",
"waltzing",
"whisking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"floury":{
"consisting of very small particles":{
"examples":[
"shelves of old books covered with floury dust"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusty",
"fine",
"powdery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smooth",
"filtered",
"pulverized",
"refined",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flayed":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home"
],
"synonyms":[
"barked",
"hulled",
"husked",
"peeled",
"shelled",
"shucked",
"skinned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"scaled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"pared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flitting":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flesh (out)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplify",
"develop",
"dilate (on or upon)",
"elaborate (on)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"ramble",
"run on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"contract",
"outline",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"condense",
"shorten"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flouts":{
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
],
"synonyms":[
"despises",
"disregards",
"scorns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismisses",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slurs (over)",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"slights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves",
"uses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flamboyantly":{
"as in loudly , garishly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flashily",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"colorfully",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily",
"gorgeously",
"richly",
"spectacularly",
"splendidly",
"strikingly",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"gallantly",
"jazzily",
"nattily",
"neatly",
"pertly",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"spiffily",
"conspicuously",
"luridly",
"shockingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully",
"colorlessly",
"inconspicuously",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flatlet":{
"as in duplex apartment , railroad flat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitter",
"bedsit",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousing",
"condo",
"condominium",
"duplex",
"duplex apartment",
"efficiency",
"efficiency apartment",
"floor-through",
"garden apartment",
"granny flat",
"maisonette",
"penthouse",
"railroad flat",
"salon",
"saloon",
"studio",
"studio apartment",
"triplex",
"walk-up",
"apartment",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flat",
"lodgings",
"suite",
"tenement",
"gallery",
"wing",
"apartment building",
"apartment house",
"tenement house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flunks":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the movie flunks , both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flavorless":{
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
"examples":[
"a flavorless fruitcake that must have been given as a gift many times over"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"flat",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"unsavory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"plain",
"unflavored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"sickening",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"cloying",
"mawkish",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"keen",
"piquant",
"seasoned",
"spicy",
"flavored",
"heavy",
"rich"
],
"antonyms":[
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"sapid",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasteful",
"tasty"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flounder":{
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bumble",
"flog",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jog",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"wallow",
"welter",
"falter",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"fumble",
"muddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coast",
"fly",
"glide",
"kilt",
"sail",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flog",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flavorsome":{
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"a variety of apple that is visually appealing but not very flavorsome"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fleetness":{
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
"examples":[
"clipper ships were renowned for their fleetness on the high seas"
],
"synonyms":[
"celerity",
"fastness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"drive",
"hustle",
"acceleration",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"warp speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flinched":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched",
"winced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flunkeys":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
],
"synonyms":[
"dailies",
"domestics",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"retainers",
"servants",
"stewards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butlers",
"footmen",
"grooms",
"houseboys",
"housemen",
"majordomos",
"men",
"menservants",
"servitors",
"valets",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"housekeepers",
"housemaids",
"ladies-in-waiting",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"wenches",
"women",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"companions",
"factotums",
"followers",
"dogsbodies",
"drudges",
"gofers",
"gophers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"masters",
"mistresses"
]
},
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polishers",
"bootlickers",
"brownnosers",
"fawners",
"lickspittles",
"suck-ups",
"sycophants",
"toadies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-men",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"company men",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lapdogs",
"minions",
"running dogs",
"satellites",
"slaves",
"stooges",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"grovelers",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"adherents",
"camp followers",
"converts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"me-tooers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flexibility":{
"as in resilience , elasticity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elasticity",
"limberness",
"resilience",
"workability",
"workableness",
"adaptability",
"ductility",
"plasticity",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"suppleness",
"malleability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"stiffness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in variability , changeability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"changeability",
"mutability",
"variability",
"variableness",
"arbitrariness",
"fickleness",
"inconstancy",
"irregularity",
"volatileness",
"volatility",
"eccentricity",
"flakiness",
"mercurialness",
"moodiness",
"unpredictability",
"willfulness",
"caprice",
"capriciousness",
"freakishness",
"impulsiveness",
"whimsicality",
"whimsicalness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"practicality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"fastness",
"firmness",
"fixedness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"immutability",
"inflexibility",
"invariability",
"changelessness",
"constancy",
"stability",
"steadfastness",
"steadiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flammable":{
"capable of catching or being set on fire":{
"examples":[
"avoid wearing loose flammable clothing when using the blowtorch"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnable",
"combustible",
"combustive",
"fiery",
"ignitable",
"ignitible",
"inflammable",
"touchy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explosive",
"incendiary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonexplosive"
],
"antonyms":[
"fireproof",
"incombustible",
"nonburnable",
"noncombustible",
"nonflammable",
"noninflammable",
"unburnable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flagship":{
"as in warship , tanker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flyweights":{
"as in heavyweights , featherweights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bantamweights",
"cruiserweights",
"featherweights",
"heavyweights",
"light heavyweights",
"lightweights",
"middleweights",
"superheavyweights",
"welterweights",
"palookas",
"sluggers",
"stumblebums",
"boxers",
"fighters",
"gladiators",
"prizefighters",
"pugilists",
"pugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluffed":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"boobed",
"erred",
"flubbed",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"screwed up",
"slipped up",
"stumbled",
"tripped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"foozled",
"mangled",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"miscalculated",
"misconceived",
"miscounted",
"miscued",
"misdeemed",
"misgauged",
"misgaged",
"misjudged",
"mistook",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misunderstood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flopped":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game",
"flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"flumped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"slung",
"tossed",
"ensconced",
"installed",
"planted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped , and our team lost by five points"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"a fish flopping around on the dock"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flailed",
"flapped",
"fluttered",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banged",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"knocked",
"pounded",
"smacked",
"spanked",
"thumped",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flitted",
"fanned",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"swung",
"undulated",
"waved",
"palpitated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flicks (off)":{
"as in shuts off , turns off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"chocks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off",
"dismantles",
"mothballs",
"phases out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"propels",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flukes":{
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidents",
"chances",
"circumstances",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floor":{
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"discovered a new species of crab living on the ocean floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"bottom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbed",
"base",
"basement",
"foundation",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surface"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
],
"synonyms":[
"appall",
"appal",
"jolt",
"shake up",
"shock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonish",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"freak (out)",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"dismay",
"fright",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"panic",
"scare",
"scarify",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off",
"displease",
"offend",
"outrage",
"scandalize",
"amaze",
"astound",
"awe",
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"dispirit",
"emasculate",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"shake",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overwhelm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"charm",
"entice",
"tempt",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"solace",
"soothe",
"reassure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
"examples":[
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl (down or over)",
"down",
"drop",
"fell",
"knock down",
"knock over",
"level",
"mow (down)",
"prostrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kayo",
"knock out",
"KO",
"overthrow",
"throw down",
"topple",
"bang",
"bash",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"jab",
"paste",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"grind (down)",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"swamp",
"whelm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flurries":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
"examples":[
"a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"gusts",
"scuds",
"williwaws",
"windblasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breezes",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"airs",
"breaths",
"wafts",
"puffs",
"whiffs",
"bluster",
"gales",
"hurricanes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"northeasters",
"northerlies",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrages",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"earfuls",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flickeringly":{
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"pellucidly",
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flair":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"a person with a flair for making friends quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinity",
"bias",
"disposition",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"ear",
"eye",
"mind",
"nose",
"feel",
"hang",
"instinct",
"touch",
"way",
"capability",
"competence",
"facility",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"capacity",
"potential",
"power",
"forte",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"handicap",
"inability",
"incapacity",
"shortcoming",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flung":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flat tax":{
"as in proportional tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proportional tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"florescence":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century a.d."
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"floruit",
"flower",
"flush",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flying":{
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"a flying attempt at finishing the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathtaking",
"headstrong",
"heady",
"hotheaded",
"impatient",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"madcap",
"reckless",
"unadvised",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"horseback",
"impromptu",
"makeshift",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"rush",
"slapdash",
"snap",
"spontaneous",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"calculating",
"measured",
"circumspect",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"drawn-out",
"extended",
"long-term",
"prolonged",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"tentative",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"laggard",
"leisurely",
"poky",
"pokey",
"shilly-shallying",
"slow"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
]
},
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"that car was flying as it careened down the streets"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"travel through the air by the use of wings":{
"examples":[
"had never had the slightest fear of flying"
],
"synonyms":[
"flight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aviation",
"aeronautics",
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviating",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring",
"winging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"wafting",
"coasting",
"cruising",
"sailing",
"sweeping",
"darting",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"catapulting",
"helicoptering",
"jetting",
"orbiting",
"rocketing",
"diving",
"stooping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconding",
"breaking out (of)",
"clearing out",
"escaping",
"fleeing",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"running away",
"running off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading",
"losing",
"shunning",
"decamping",
"departing",
"eloping",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"moving",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"sallying (forth)",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"bringing off",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"coming back",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"fleeing",
"hightailing (it)",
"retreating",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping (out)",
"skirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"fleeing",
"melting",
"sinking",
"vanishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanking (out)",
"clearing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"drying up",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"blurring",
"dimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arriving",
"breaking out",
"coming out",
"emerging",
"issuing",
"looming",
"showing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appearing",
"materializing"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding up",
"passing",
"standing up",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through",
"going down",
"going over",
"going through",
"playing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flibbertigibbet":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"forced to endure a long flight with a flibbertigibbet as a seat companion"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrain",
"cuckoo",
"ditz",
"featherbrain",
"featherhead",
"nitwit",
"rattlebrain",
"scatterbrain",
"softhead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fool",
"goose",
"silly",
"simpleton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flamers":{
"as in igniters , kindlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"igniters",
"ignitors",
"immolators",
"inflamers",
"kindlers",
"pyromaniacs",
"arsonists",
"firebugs",
"incendiaries",
"torches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flag-wavers":{
"one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver"
],
"synonyms":[
"chauvinists",
"jingoes",
"nationalists",
"superpatriots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"hawks",
"warmongers",
"nativists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"internationalists",
"neutralists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"florilegium":{
"a collection of writings":{
"examples":[
"a florilegium of ancient alchemical writings"
],
"synonyms":[
"album",
"anthology",
"collectanea",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"miscellany",
"reader"
],
"near synonyms":[
"almanac",
"ana",
"analects",
"chapbook",
"digest",
"garland",
"symposium",
"casebook",
"sourcebook",
"archives",
"corpus",
"library",
"miscellanea"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flatlets":{
"as in duplex apartments , railroad flats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flummoxes":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fling (off or away)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"he flung away the used matchstick",
"flinging off dirty clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flirty":{
"as in flirtatious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flirtatious",
"coquettish",
"coy",
"demure",
"kittenish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flaunt":{
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flash",
"lay out",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"sport",
"strut",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandish",
"flourish",
"wave",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"divulge",
"talk (about)",
"tell (of)",
"bare",
"discover",
"reveal",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"mask",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"occult",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flopped (down)":{
"as in lay (down) , dossed (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"lay (down)",
"reclined",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"lay up",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bedded (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rolled out",
"rose",
"turned out",
"uprose",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flawless":{
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
"examples":[
"a flawless performance of the piano concerto"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"completed",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished",
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"mint",
"unbruised",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unspoiled",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"airtight",
"bulletproof",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"fallible",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flivver":{
"as in wreck , hulk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hulk",
"wreck",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"lemon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floss":{
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"fluff",
"fur",
"fuzz",
"lint",
"nap",
"pile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashily":{
"as in gaudily , flamboyantly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flamboyantly",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"colorfully",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily",
"gorgeously",
"richly",
"spectacularly",
"splendidly",
"strikingly",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"gallantly",
"jazzily",
"nattily",
"neatly",
"pertly",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"spiffily",
"conspicuously",
"luridly",
"shockingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully",
"colorlessly",
"inconspicuously",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flashy":{
"attractively eye-catching in style":{
"examples":[
"I bought a flashy new car as soon as I got my first paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"jazzy",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"snazzy",
"splashy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cool",
"fresh",
"hip",
"neat",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"chichi",
"dapper",
"dashing",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"spruce",
"faddish",
"fashionable",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish",
"swish",
"trendy",
"custom",
"designer",
"showy",
"striking",
"flamboyant",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"jaunty",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"raffish",
"rakish",
"swank",
"swanky",
"wild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"conservative",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unpretentious",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"old-fashioned",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"wore flashy rings on almost all the fingers of his left hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excessive",
"extravagant",
"fulsome",
"hammy",
"overdone",
"over-the-top",
"overwrought",
"pretentious",
"baroque",
"bedizened",
"ornate",
"fancy",
"snazzy",
"zooty",
"blaring",
"bright",
"florid",
"glaring",
"glittery",
"overbright",
"spectacular",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"tinselly",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"fitting",
"proper",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flutes":{
"as in bevels , chamfers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bevels",
"chamfers",
"abrades",
"files",
"grazes",
"mills",
"rasps",
"scarifies",
"scratches",
"grooves",
"scores",
"scribes",
"seams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatfoot":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"a comic strip about a square-jawed, trench-coated flatfoot who always caught the crooks in suitably dramatic fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fleet-footed":{
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"the Roman god Mercury was the fleet-footed messenger of the gods"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flickery":{
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"wise political leaders don't try to govern according to flickery public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flustered":{
"as in nervous , upset":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"irritated",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"humiliated",
"self-conscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"put off",
"put out",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"queered",
"shamed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"relieved",
"soothed",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"assured",
"reassured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flitter":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashbulbs":{
"as in lightings , flashlights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flirting":{
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquetting",
"dallying",
"frivoling",
"frivolling",
"messing around",
"toying",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamping",
"courting",
"mashing",
"wooing",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"putting on",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"teasing",
"fooling",
"leading on",
"stringing along",
"manipulating",
"playing (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flirting (with)":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"courting",
"inviting",
"wooing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling (for)",
"fishing (for)",
"hunting",
"searching",
"seeking",
"provoking",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"floodlighted":{
"as in highlighted , spotlighted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"ablaze",
"alight",
"bright",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"moonlit",
"shiny",
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"lightless",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"gloomy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"murky",
"obscured",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"lightproof"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in illuminated , glowed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"flamed",
"glared",
"glowed",
"ignited",
"incinerated",
"kindled",
"bathed",
"beaconed",
"emblazed",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted",
"beamed",
"beat (down)",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"gleamed",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"enhaloed",
"haloed",
"brightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"darkened",
"obfuscated",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured",
"covered",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flippancy":{
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
"examples":[
"no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"frothiness",
"levity",
"light-headedness",
"light-mindedness",
"lightness",
"silliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"high-spiritedness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"childishness",
"goofiness",
"puerility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"moroseness",
"sadness",
"sullenness",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flumped":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
],
"synonyms":[
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"slung",
"tossed",
"ensconced",
"installed",
"planted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flickering":{
"as in glowing , aglow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aglow",
"flaring",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flame out":{
"a loss of status":{
"examples":[
"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flustering":{
"causing embarrassment":{
"examples":[
"a flustering situation that left us all silent"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"disturbing",
"embarrassing",
"uncomfortable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confusing",
"difficult",
"disagreeable",
"impossible",
"inconvenient",
"intolerable",
"troublesome",
"unpleasant",
"unwieldy",
"unsettling",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"comfortable",
"convenient",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"queering",
"shaming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"relieving",
"soothing",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"assuring",
"reassuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flips":{
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"examples":[
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
],
"synonyms":[
"leafs",
"riffles",
"skims",
"thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"dips",
"glances (at)",
"looks over",
"scans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pores (over)",
"studies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"flip the coin over"
],
"synonyms":[
"inverts",
"reverses",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposes",
"exchanges",
"interchanges",
"shifts",
"switches",
"overturns",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flyspecks":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"surreptitiously removed a flyspeck of dirt from the china"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flirt":{
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
"examples":[
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
],
"synonyms":[
"flirter",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"jade",
"soubrette",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"dally",
"frivol",
"mess around",
"toy",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamp",
"court",
"mash",
"woo",
"josh",
"kid",
"put on",
"razz",
"rib",
"tease",
"fool",
"lead on",
"string along",
"manipulate",
"play (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flapdoodle":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"a clear-eyed assessment of the problem minus the usual flapdoodle"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluorescence":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"studied the fluorescence of certain elements"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"flare",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluctuated":{
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
"examples":[
"temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today"
],
"synonyms":[
"changed",
"mutated",
"shifted",
"snapped",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosed",
"morphed",
"transmuted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"deteriorated",
"worsened",
"turned around",
"seesawed",
"teetered",
"vacillated",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"plateaued",
"stabilized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashcubes":{
"as in arc lamps , light bulbs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flannel":{
"excessive praise":{
"examples":[
"the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel \u2014he always tells it like it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashing back (to)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners"
],
"synonyms":[
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flake":{
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
"examples":[
"sprinkle the cake with coconut flakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"chip",
"sliver",
"spall",
"splint",
"splinter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"disk",
"disc",
"fragment",
"part",
"particle",
"portion",
"scrap",
"section",
"shard",
"flinders",
"shiver",
"smithereens",
"shred",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shave",
"shaving",
"snippet",
"leaf",
"sheet",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"the lady with all those cats is sweet, but kind of a flake"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in peel , scale":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peel",
"scale",
"exfoliate",
"molt",
"shed",
"slip",
"slough",
"sluff",
"chuck",
"discard",
"ditch",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"scrap",
"shuck (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fleets":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"a fleet of buses rolling down the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"armadas",
"caravans",
"cavalcades",
"lines",
"motorcades",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosies",
"convoys",
"flotillas",
"navies",
"columns",
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"parades",
"processions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluttering":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"flopping",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banging",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"smacking",
"spanking",
"thumping",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flitting",
"fanning",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"undulating",
"waving",
"palpitating",
"pulsing",
"throbbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flasks":{
"as in bottles , cups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bottles",
"canteens",
"cups",
"fiascoes",
"jorums",
"mugs",
"steins",
"stoups",
"tankards",
"buckets",
"pails",
"pots",
"kettles",
"teakettles",
"carafes",
"decanters",
"watering cans",
"watering pots",
"ewers",
"flagons",
"jugs",
"pitchers",
"beakers",
"cruses",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flung (off or away)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"he flung away the used matchstick",
"flinging off dirty clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleshes (out)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"develops",
"dilates (on or upon)",
"elaborates (on)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"rambles",
"runs on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"contracts",
"outlines",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"condenses",
"shortens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flunky":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
],
"synonyms":[
"daily",
"domestic",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress"
]
},
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flaring (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"can we flare out the umbrella a little more so that more of the picnic table is sheltered"
],
"synonyms":[
"expanding",
"extending",
"fanning (out)",
"opening",
"outspreading",
"outstretching",
"spreading (out)",
"stretching (out)",
"unfolding",
"unfurling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspreading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacting",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing",
"contracting",
"folding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fled":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"flew",
"melted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"vanished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broke out",
"came out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"showed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flumps":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"for now, just flump the rug on the floor\u2014we'll unroll it later"
],
"synonyms":[
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flings",
"heaves",
"slings",
"tosses",
"ensconces",
"installs",
"plants",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluke":{
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accident",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"hazard",
"luck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floppiness":{
"as in looseness , laxity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laxity",
"laxness",
"limpness",
"looseness",
"droop",
"hang",
"sag",
"slack",
"slackness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"tautness",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"tightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flitted":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleabags":{
"as in flophouses , doss-houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doss-houses",
"flophouses",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"courts",
"motels",
"motor courts",
"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"apartment hotels",
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"auberges",
"caravansaries",
"caravanserais",
"caravanserai",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flagrantly":{
"as in grossly , egregiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"egregiously",
"grossly",
"naughtily",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily",
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flameout":{
"a loss of status":{
"examples":[
"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floozie":{
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
"examples":[
"a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies"
],
"synonyms":[
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"hoochie",
"hussy",
"Jezebel",
"minx",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"near synonyms":[
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"grisette",
"prostitute",
"trull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flibbertigibbets":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"forced to endure a long flight with a flibbertigibbet as a seat companion"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrains",
"cuckoos",
"ditzes",
"featherbrains",
"featherheads",
"nitwits",
"rattlebrains",
"scatterbrains",
"softheads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fools",
"geese",
"sillies",
"simpletons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flimflam":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"giving the new guy at work her cell phone number\u2014\"in case of an emergency\"\u2014was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"examples":[
"just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunco",
"bunko",
"con",
"fiddle",
"fraud",
"hustle",
"scam",
"shell game",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"fix",
"Ponzi scheme",
"pyramid scheme",
"racket",
"rip-off",
"thimblerig",
"three-card monte",
"device",
"dodge",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fly fisherman":{
"as in angler , trawlerman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angler",
"giller",
"surf caster",
"trawler",
"trawlerman",
"troller",
"fisherfolk",
"fisherwoman",
"waterman",
"fisher",
"fisherman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floated":{
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifted",
"glided",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"rode",
"rid",
"sailed",
"swam",
"wafted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"dangled",
"suspended",
"buoyed",
"ballooned",
"rafted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"lunged",
"plunged",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"antonyms":[
"sank",
"sunk",
"settled"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"synonyms":[
"batted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"mooched",
"rambled",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"vagabonded",
"milled (about or around)",
"straggled",
"strayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fliers":{
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"chances",
"crapshoots",
"enterprises",
"flutters",
"gambles",
"speculations",
"throws",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bets",
"hazards",
"stakes",
"wagers",
"liberties",
"dark horses",
"long shots",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure things"
]
},
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
"examples":[
"a hot-air balloon flier"
],
"synonyms":[
"airmen",
"aviators",
"birdmen",
"pilots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"barnstormers",
"bush pilots",
"copilots",
"flyboys",
"test pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flattened":{
"as in flat , even":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"dullish",
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"whetted",
"jagged",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"spiny",
"jabbing",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"ultrasharp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
"examples":[
"flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"evened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clipped",
"cropped",
"pared",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"trimmed",
"laid",
"pressed",
"spread",
"carded",
"combed",
"raked",
"surfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rumpled",
"wrinkled",
"bent",
"kinked",
"dented",
"pitted"
],
"antonyms":[
"roughed",
"roughened"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flatulent":{
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
"examples":[
"on election night TV's self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombastic",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloated",
"elevated",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"inflated",
"lofty",
"ornate",
"pompous",
"pontifical",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"overdone",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"well-spoken",
"bald",
"direct",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flips (out)":{
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"cracks",
"freaks (out)",
"melts down",
"wigs (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flares (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluorescent lamp":{
"as in light bulb , arc lamp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flash back (to)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners"
],
"synonyms":[
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flakey":{
"having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure":{
"examples":[
"a tender but flaky crust on the pastry"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"friable",
"short"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crackly",
"crisped",
"crispened",
"crunchy",
"crusty",
"breakable",
"delicate",
"fragile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fly":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold up",
"pass",
"stand up",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in canvas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canvas",
"canvass",
"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"sunshade",
"umbrella",
"arbor",
"bower",
"pergola",
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floorwalker":{
"as in clerk , salesman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clerk",
"salesclerk",
"salesman",
"salesperson",
"salesgirl",
"saleslady",
"saleswoman",
"shopgirl",
"pitchman",
"pitchwoman",
"salespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flit":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flight path":{
"as in arc , trajectory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc",
"trajectory",
"line",
"path",
"pathway",
"route",
"routeway",
"steps",
"track",
"way",
"circle",
"circuit",
"loop",
"orbit",
"ascent",
"descent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flying buttress":{
"as in buttress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buttress",
"caryatid",
"pedestal",
"needle",
"obelisk",
"column",
"pier",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"post",
"stanchion",
"pile",
"piling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flourish":{
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriate",
"overgrow",
"proliferate",
"shoot up",
"germinate",
"root",
"sprout",
"bloom",
"flower",
"fruit",
"produce",
"propagate",
"regenerate",
"seed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"as in wave , beckon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beck",
"beckon",
"shrug",
"wave",
"gesticulation",
"gesture",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"signal",
"body language",
"posture",
"indication",
"motion",
"sign language"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ruffle , flounce":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluxed":{
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"examples":[
"a solid will flux more quickly under pressure"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"melted",
"ran",
"run",
"thawed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"founded",
"guttered",
"tried",
"dissolved",
"rendered",
"softened",
"thinned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"thickened"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardened",
"set",
"solidified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flawlessness":{
"as in perfection , faultlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flaked":{
"as in peeled , scaled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peeled",
"scaled",
"exfoliated",
"molted",
"shed",
"slipped",
"sloughed",
"sluffed",
"chucked",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shucked (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"unloaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flinches":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenches",
"cringes",
"quails",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"squinches",
"winces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanches",
"pales",
"whitens",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"crouches",
"jerks",
"starts",
"twitches",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"falters",
"hesitates",
"reels",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"nears",
"beards",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in winces , squinches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squinches",
"winces",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"moues",
"mouths",
"mows",
"mugs",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"snoots",
"growls",
"snarls",
"rictuses",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"scoffs",
"sneers",
"glares",
"glowers",
"looks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revulsions , recoils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recoils",
"revulsions",
"routs",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements",
"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"recessions",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flat taxes":{
"as in proportional taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proportional taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flats":{
"a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{
"examples":[
"had to take on a third roommate in order to afford the bigger flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flute":{
"as in bevel , chamfer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bevel",
"chamfer",
"abrade",
"file",
"graze",
"mill",
"rasp",
"scarify",
"scratch",
"groove",
"score",
"scribe",
"seam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagellating":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleshy":{
"full of juice":{
"examples":[
"fleshy apples, the kind good for making cider"
],
"synonyms":[
"juicy",
"pulpy",
"succulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sappy",
"watery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dry",
"sere",
"sear",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"withered"
],
"antonyms":[
"juiceless",
"sapless"
]
},
"having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"the fleshy man slowly heaved himself out of his chair"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flunkey":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
],
"synonyms":[
"daily",
"domestic",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress"
]
},
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flits":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flap":{
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"there was a major flap when area residents found out that the President would be visiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"the stirring sight of a huge flock of geese flapping their wings"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flail",
"flop",
"flutter",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bang",
"batter",
"buffet",
"knock",
"pound",
"smack",
"spank",
"thump",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flit",
"fan",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"swing",
"undulate",
"wave",
"palpitate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flintlock":{
"as in shotgun , musket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"arm",
"firearm",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floodlit":{
"as in highlighted , spotlighted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"ablaze",
"alight",
"bright",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"moonlit",
"shiny",
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"lightless",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"gloomy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"murky",
"obscured",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"lightproof"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in illuminated , glowed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"flamed",
"glared",
"glowed",
"ignited",
"incinerated",
"kindled",
"bathed",
"beaconed",
"emblazed",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted",
"beamed",
"beat (down)",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"gleamed",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"enhaloed",
"haloed",
"brightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"darkened",
"obfuscated",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured",
"covered",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flew at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
"synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"bushwhacked",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"trashed",
"turned (on)",
"went in (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran",
"enveloped",
"flanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fluffy":{
"resembling air in lightness":{
"examples":[
"big fluffy pillows"
],
"synonyms":[
"airy",
"ethereal",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"light"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"diaphanous",
"downy",
"feathery",
"flimsy",
"gauzelike",
"gauzy",
"insubstantial",
"tender",
"wispy",
"buoyant",
"lighter-than-air",
"lightweight",
"rarefied",
"unsubstantial",
"vaporous",
"weightless",
"cumulous",
"pillowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firm",
"solid",
"substantial",
"bulky",
"burdensome",
"cumbersome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"lumpish",
"ponderous",
"unwieldy",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavy",
"leaden"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flirt (with)":{
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"court",
"invite",
"woo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle (for)",
"fish (for)",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flimflams":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"giving the new guy at work her cell phone number\u2014\"in case of an emergency\"\u2014was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifices",
"devices",
"dodges",
"fetches",
"gambits",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"juggles",
"knacks",
"plays",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"schemes",
"shenanigans",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"end runs",
"feints",
"chicaneries",
"cozenages",
"crafts",
"crookeries",
"cunnings",
"deceptions",
"duperies",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"juggleries",
"legerdemains",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"frauds",
"gaffs",
"hoaxes",
"shams",
"swindles",
"blinds",
"fronts",
"smoke screens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"examples":[
"just the latest Internet flimflam to get e-mail recipients to reveal bank account numbers and other personal information"
],
"synonyms":[
"buncos",
"bunkos",
"cons",
"fiddles",
"frauds",
"hustles",
"scams",
"shell games",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosses",
"fixes",
"Ponzi schemes",
"pyramid schemes",
"rackets",
"rip-offs",
"thimblerigs",
"three-card montes",
"devices",
"dodges",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flows":{
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pours",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arises",
"disembogues",
"effuses",
"emanates",
"issues",
"springs",
"courses",
"races",
"rushes",
"fountains",
"gushes",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"deluges",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overruns",
"swamps",
"cascades",
"dribbles",
"drips",
"gutters",
"riffles",
"ripples",
"sheets",
"trickles",
"flushes",
"washes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"hardens",
"sets"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs up"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"brushes",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"glides",
"rolls",
"sails",
"skims",
"slides",
"slips",
"streams",
"sweeps",
"whisks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"rushes",
"speeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stumbles",
"trudges",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"labors",
"toils"
],
"antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
]
},
"as in floods , overflows":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"floods",
"inundations",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents",
"affluences",
"fluxes",
"incomes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inpourings",
"inrushes",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"emigrations",
"exoduses",
"flights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaring":{
"excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"flaring neon signs advertising all manner of amusement for tourists at the beach town"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excessive",
"extravagant",
"fulsome",
"hammy",
"overdone",
"over-the-top",
"overwrought",
"pretentious",
"baroque",
"bedizened",
"ornate",
"fancy",
"snazzy",
"zooty",
"blaring",
"bright",
"florid",
"glaring",
"glittery",
"overbright",
"spectacular",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"tinselly",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"fitting",
"proper",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaming",
"glaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flatboats":{
"as in pirogues , rowboats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flotilla":{
"a group of small ships":{
"examples":[
"a colorful flotilla of boats"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argosy",
"convoy",
"navy",
"armada",
"caravan",
"cavalcade",
"fleet",
"line",
"motorcade",
"train",
"column",
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"parade",
"procession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flared (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"can we flare out the umbrella a little more so that more of the picnic table is sheltered"
],
"synonyms":[
"expanded",
"extended",
"fanned (out)",
"opened",
"outspread",
"outstretched",
"spread (out)",
"stretched (out)",
"unfolded",
"unfurled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"closed",
"contracted",
"folded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flip (out)":{
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"crack",
"freak (out)",
"melt down",
"wig (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"floodplain":{
"as in basin , pothole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"kettle",
"pothole",
"canyon",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grassland , upland":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland",
"field",
"meadow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flamed out":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flees":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializes",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"flies",
"melts",
"sinks",
"vanishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanks (out)",
"clears",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"dries up",
"blurs",
"dims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrives",
"breaks out",
"comes out",
"emerges",
"issues",
"looms",
"shows up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears",
"materializes"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconds",
"breaks out (of)",
"clears out",
"escapes",
"flies",
"gets out",
"lams",
"runs away",
"runs off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades",
"loses",
"shuns",
"decamps",
"departs",
"elopes",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"moves",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"sallies (forth)",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"brings off",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"redeems",
"releases",
"rescues",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"comes back",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"breaks",
"bugs out",
"flies",
"hightails (it)",
"retreats",
"runs",
"runs away",
"runs off",
"skedaddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconds",
"clears out",
"decamps",
"elopes",
"escapes",
"gets (away)",
"gets out",
"lams",
"lights out",
"makes off",
"mizzles",
"scarpers",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips (out)",
"skirrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flirted":{
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquetted",
"dallied",
"frivoled",
"frivolled",
"messed around",
"toyed",
"trifled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamped",
"courted",
"mashed",
"wooed",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"put on",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"teased",
"fooled",
"led on",
"strung along",
"manipulated",
"played (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashes":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a flash of last-minute trips to the grocery store before the onset of the big snowstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed flash of humor during the otherwise boring lecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"the shower will be over in a flash"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"eyeblinks",
"heartbeats",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"jiffs",
"minutes",
"moments",
"nanoseconds",
"New York minutes",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"twinklings",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microseconds",
"snatches",
"spurts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeons",
"eons",
"ages",
"eternities",
"forevers",
"infinities",
"lifetimes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
"examples":[
"the new goalie for our hockey team was apparently quite a flash in his hometown"
],
"synonyms":[
"cautions",
"marvels",
"miracles",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"portents",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"splendors",
"wonders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosities",
"sights",
"spectacles",
"beauties",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"apparitions",
"appearances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flames",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winkles",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"displays",
"disports",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"lays out",
"parades",
"produces",
"shows",
"shows off",
"sports",
"struts",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandishes",
"flourishes",
"waves",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"divulges",
"talks (about)",
"tells (of)",
"bares",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"masks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"occults",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the disco lights flashed , and the revelers danced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"twinkles",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flares",
"flickers",
"glances",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"flashed the news of the royal birth around the world"
],
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"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flunkies":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is"
],
"synonyms":[
"dailies",
"domestics",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"retainers",
"servants",
"stewards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butlers",
"footmen",
"grooms",
"houseboys",
"housemen",
"majordomos",
"men",
"menservants",
"servitors",
"valets",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"housekeepers",
"housemaids",
"ladies-in-waiting",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"wenches",
"women",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"companions",
"factotums",
"followers",
"dogsbodies",
"drudges",
"gofers",
"gophers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"masters",
"mistresses"
]
},
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polishers",
"bootlickers",
"brownnosers",
"fawners",
"lickspittles",
"suck-ups",
"sycophants",
"toadies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-men",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"company men",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lapdogs",
"minions",
"running dogs",
"satellites",
"slaves",
"stooges",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"grovelers",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"adherents",
"camp followers",
"converts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"me-tooers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flocking":{
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowding",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"thronging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besetting",
"infesting",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"clogging",
"damming",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"plugging (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleapits":{
"as in grind houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grind houses",
"art houses",
"art theaters",
"cinematheques",
"drive-ins",
"megaplexes",
"multiplexes",
"plexes",
"'plexes",
"nickelodeons",
"cinemas",
"playhouses",
"theaters",
"theatres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashcube":{
"as in arc lamp , light bulb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flown":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviated",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"catapulted",
"helicoptered",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broken out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"lammed",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"gone",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"taken off",
"walked out",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"come back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blown",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"driven",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"run",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"torn",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outrun",
"outstripped",
"overtaken",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broken",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"hightailed (it)",
"retreated",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"gotten (away)",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"melted",
"sunk",
"vanished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broken out",
"come out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"shown up",
"showed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"held up",
"passed",
"stood up",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gone down",
"gone over",
"gone through",
"got through",
"gotten through",
"played",
"taken",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flies":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviates",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"wafts",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"sails",
"sweeps",
"darts",
"flits",
"flutters",
"catapults",
"helicopters",
"jets",
"orbits",
"rockets",
"dives",
"stoops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconds",
"breaks out (of)",
"clears out",
"escapes",
"flees",
"gets out",
"lams",
"runs away",
"runs off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades",
"loses",
"shuns",
"decamps",
"departs",
"elopes",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"moves",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"sallies (forth)",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"brings off",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"redeems",
"releases",
"rescues",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"comes back",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"breaks",
"bugs out",
"flees",
"hightails (it)",
"retreats",
"runs",
"runs away",
"runs off",
"skedaddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconds",
"clears out",
"decamps",
"elopes",
"escapes",
"gets (away)",
"gets out",
"lams",
"lights out",
"makes off",
"mizzles",
"scarpers",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips (out)",
"skirrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializes",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"flees",
"melts",
"sinks",
"vanishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanks (out)",
"clears",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"dries up",
"blurs",
"dims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrives",
"breaks out",
"comes out",
"emerges",
"issues",
"looms",
"shows up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears",
"materializes"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds up",
"passes",
"stands up",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through",
"goes down",
"goes over",
"goes through",
"plays",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in canvases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"screens",
"shades",
"shelters",
"shields",
"sunshades",
"umbrellas",
"arbors",
"bowers",
"pergolas",
"domes",
"marquees",
"pavilions",
"awnings",
"canopies",
"ceilings",
"covers",
"roofs",
"tents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floppy":{
"not stiff in structure":{
"examples":[
"my basset hound is always tripping over her long, floppy ears"
],
"synonyms":[
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"lank",
"limp",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"mushy",
"semisoft",
"soft",
"squashy",
"squishy",
"delicate",
"flimsy",
"insubstantial",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"pliant",
"relaxed",
"resilient",
"springy",
"stretchy",
"supple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firm",
"hard",
"indurated",
"solid",
"sound",
"strong",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"compact",
"dense",
"substantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"inflexible",
"resilient",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"sturdy",
"tense"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flautist":{
"as in pianist , flutist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flanked":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line"
],
"synonyms":[
"abutted",
"adjoined",
"bordered (on)",
"butted (on or against)",
"fringed",
"joined",
"marched (with)",
"neighbored",
"skirted",
"touched",
"verged (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attached (to)",
"communicated (with)",
"connected (with)",
"linked (with)",
"bounded",
"embraced",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"fenced",
"lined",
"margined",
"rimmed",
"surrounded",
"contacted",
"converged",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleecy":{
"covered with or as if with hair":{
"examples":[
"there were signs of the family's fleecy poodle all over the upholstery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"silky",
"unshorn",
"woolly",
"wooly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"mustachioed",
"moustachioed",
"whiskered",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"antonyms":[
"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flew":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviated",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"catapulted",
"helicoptered",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"melted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"vanished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broke out",
"came out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"showed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"held up",
"passed",
"stood up",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"got through",
"played",
"took",
"went down",
"went over",
"went through",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flailing":{
"as in waving , flapping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flapping",
"waving",
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motility",
"motivity",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"motionlessness",
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"flapping",
"flopping",
"fluttering",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banging",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"smacking",
"spanking",
"thumping",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flitting",
"fanning",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"undulating",
"waving",
"palpitating",
"pulsing",
"throbbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flocked":{
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowded",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"thronged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beset",
"infested",
"invaded",
"overran",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flaps":{
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"the stirring sight of a huge flock of geese flapping their wings"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"flails",
"flops",
"flutters",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bangs",
"batters",
"buffets",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"smacks",
"spanks",
"thumps",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flits",
"fans",
"oscillates",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"waves",
"palpitates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flavors":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a birthday party whose Caribbean decorations gave it a tropical flavor"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"atmospheres",
"auras",
"climates",
"halos",
"haloes",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"patinas",
"patinae",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances",
"genius locis",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"examples":[
"a dish that incorporates most of the trademark flavors of southeast Asia"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavorings",
"seasonings",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sauces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"it seems that short skirts are the new flavor of the month"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"chics",
"crazes",
"dernier cris",
"enthusiasms",
"fads",
"fashions",
"hot tickets",
"last words",
"modes",
"rages",
"sensations",
"styles",
"tons",
"trends",
"vogues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nine days' wonders",
"nine day wonders",
"new waves",
"crushes",
"infatuations",
"fervors",
"passions",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hullabaloos",
"to-dos",
"uproars",
"bandwagons",
"crusades",
"cults",
"movements",
"novelties",
"wrinkles",
"caprices",
"fancies",
"whims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classics",
"standards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"try flavoring the beans with salt and oregano"
],
"synonyms":[
"laces",
"savors",
"savours",
"seasons",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enhances",
"enriches",
"sauces",
"peppers",
"salts",
"aromatizes",
"perfumes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flash":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a flash of last-minute trips to the grocery store before the onset of the big snowstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed flash of humor during the otherwise boring lecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"the shower will be over in a flash"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microsecond",
"snatch",
"spurt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"forever",
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
"examples":[
"the new goalie for our hockey team was apparently quite a flash in his hometown"
],
"synonyms":[
"caution",
"marvel",
"miracle",
"phenomenon",
"portent",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"splendor",
"wonder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosity",
"sight",
"spectacle",
"beauty",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"apparition",
"appearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"excessive or unnecessary display":{
"examples":[
"the expensive clothes, the luxury cars, and other apparent signs of success are all flash that belie the fact that the family is up to its ears in debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pageantry",
"pomp",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"luridness",
"meretriciousness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flame",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"wink",
"winkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"lay out",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"sport",
"strut",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandish",
"flourish",
"wave",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"divulge",
"talk (about)",
"tell (of)",
"bare",
"discover",
"reveal",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"mask",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"occult",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the disco lights flashed , and the revelers danced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"twinkle",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flare",
"flicker",
"glance",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"spark",
"sparkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"flashed the news of the royal birth around the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lasting only for a short time":{
"examples":[
"flash floods in the local area"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelong",
"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flamed":{
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"combusted",
"glowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught",
"enkindled",
"deflagrated",
"fired",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"flared (up)",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)",
"flickered",
"guttered",
"wavered",
"baked",
"broiled",
"charred",
"cooked",
"melted",
"roasted",
"scorched",
"sweltered",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"sparked",
"sputtered",
"beamed",
"brightened",
"radiated",
"beat (down)",
"flashed",
"glared",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"shone",
"shined",
"sparkled",
"twinkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed (up)",
"broke out",
"burst (forth)",
"bursted (forth)",
"erupted",
"exploded",
"flared (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"ballooned",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"blew up",
"detonated",
"touched off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked",
"winkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashed back (to)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners"
],
"synonyms":[
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashiness":{
"excessive or unnecessary display":{
"examples":[
"his penchant for flashiness , as evidenced by his expensive, specially tailored suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pageantry",
"pomp",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"luridness",
"meretriciousness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flowered":{
"of or relating to flowers":{
"examples":[
"a pretty tablecloth with a flowered border"
],
"synonyms":[
"floral",
"flowery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"florid",
"abloom",
"blossomy",
"floriferous"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"effloresced",
"unfolded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leafed",
"leaved",
"budded",
"opened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dried up",
"faded",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"died",
"dropped",
"expired",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flagon":{
"a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout":{
"examples":[
"brought a flagon of wine to the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"ewer",
"jug",
"pitcher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carafe",
"decanter",
"bucket",
"pail",
"pot",
"bottle",
"canteen",
"cup",
"fiasco",
"flask",
"jorum",
"mug",
"stein",
"stoup",
"tankard",
"kettle",
"teakettle",
"watering can",
"watering pot",
"beaker",
"cruse",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floors":{
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"discovered a new species of crab living on the ocean floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"bottoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbeds",
"basements",
"bases",
"foundations",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalls",
"appals",
"jolts",
"shakes up",
"shocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonishes",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"freaks (out)",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"dismays",
"frightens",
"frights",
"horrifies",
"panics",
"scares",
"scarifies",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off",
"displeases",
"offends",
"outrages",
"scandalizes",
"amazes",
"astounds",
"awes",
"chills",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"dispirits",
"emasculates",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"shakes",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"crushes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffers",
"cushions",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"charms",
"entices",
"tempts",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"reassures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
"examples":[
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowls (down or over)",
"downs",
"drops",
"fells",
"knocks down",
"knocks over",
"levels",
"mows (down)",
"prostrates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kayoes",
"knocks out",
"KOs",
"overthrows",
"throws down",
"topples",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"clobbers",
"hammers",
"hits",
"jabs",
"pastes",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushes",
"devastates",
"grinds (down)",
"oppresses",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"snows under",
"swamps",
"whelms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flashbacks":{
"as in memories , recollections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recalls",
"recollections",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in histories , pasts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auld lang synes",
"histories",
"pasts",
"yesterdays",
"yesteryears",
"yores",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"records",
"antiquities",
"long agos",
"bygones",
"memoirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-bys",
"futures",
"futurities",
"hereafters",
"offings",
"tomorrows",
"moments",
"nows",
"presents",
"todays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flittering":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flouting":{
"as in defiance , challenge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"defiance",
"rebellion",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"forgetting",
"neglect",
"overlooking",
"brush-off",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"breach",
"contravention",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"nonobservance",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abidance",
"adherence",
"compliance",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"keeping",
"obedience",
"observance",
"observation",
"deference",
"honor",
"regard",
"respect",
"upholding",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"submission",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
],
"synonyms":[
"despising",
"disregarding",
"scorning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissing",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slurring (over)",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"slighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving",
"using"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaying":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home"
],
"synonyms":[
"barking",
"hulling",
"husking",
"peeling",
"shelling",
"shucking",
"skinning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"scaling",
"stripping",
"paring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flare-ups":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flares",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flares",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flippant":{
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
"examples":[
"his flippant comment that the poor save on taxes offended many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-ass",
"smart-assed",
"smarty-pants",
"wise",
"wiseass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impish",
"impudent",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"roguish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"waggish",
"disrespectful",
"rude",
"breezy",
"casual",
"glib",
"inappropriate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"serious",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"sincere"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fluid":{
"capable of moving like a liquid":{
"examples":[
"warm the jam until it is fluid , then spread it over the cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"flowing",
"fluent",
"liquid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumfluent",
"circumfluous",
"diluted",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"semiliquid",
"semisolid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"gelatinous",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"thick",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"viscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"nonliquid",
"solid"
]
},
"capable of being readily changed":{
"examples":[
"the script is still fluid at this point, so be prepared for last-minute rewrites"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"labile",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
]
},
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"the dance looked smooth and fluid , though backstage we could see the dancer gasping for breath and sweating from the effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"his arrival plans are fluid , so expect him anytime"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flouted":{
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
],
"synonyms":[
"despised",
"disregarded",
"scorned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissed",
"forgot",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slurred (over)",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"slighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"approved",
"used"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"floruits":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century b.c."
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"florescences",
"flowers",
"flushes",
"heydays",
"high noons",
"primes",
"salad days",
"springtimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumns",
"Indian summers",
"efflorescences",
"flowerings",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths",
"glories",
"grandeurs",
"splendors",
"belle epoques",
"belles \u00e9poques",
"golden ages",
"silver ages",
"comebacks",
"recoveries",
"revivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"bottoms",
"nadirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flamingly":{
"as in blazingly , burningly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"pellucidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flickered":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flip-flops":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in yo-yoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"yo-yoes",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"tergiversates",
"waffles",
"weasels",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"sidesteps",
"skirts",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"straddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flubbed":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"added too much flour and flubbed the gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"at some point in your training you're going to flub , so don't let it rattle you"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"boobed",
"erred",
"fluffed",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"screwed up",
"slipped up",
"stumbled",
"tripped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"foozled",
"mangled",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"miscalculated",
"misconceived",
"miscounted",
"miscued",
"misdeemed",
"misgauged",
"misgaged",
"misjudged",
"mistook",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misunderstood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"floored":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalled",
"jolted",
"shocked",
"shook up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonished",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"freaked (out)",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"dismayed",
"frighted",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"scared",
"scarified",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off",
"displeased",
"offended",
"outraged",
"scandalized",
"amazed",
"astounded",
"awed",
"chilled",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"dispirited",
"emasculated",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"shook",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"crushed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffered",
"cushioned",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"charmed",
"enticed",
"tempted",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"reassured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
"examples":[
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowled (down or over)",
"downed",
"dropped",
"felled",
"knocked down",
"knocked over",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"mowed (down)",
"prostrated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"KO'd",
"overthrew",
"threw down",
"toppled",
"banged",
"bashed",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"jabbed",
"pasted",
"poked",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushed",
"devastated",
"ground (down)",
"oppressed",
"overcame",
"overmastered",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"prostrated",
"snowed under",
"swamped",
"whelmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"sank",
"sunk",
"confuted",
"defeated",
"refuted",
"broke",
"demoralized",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"rocked",
"shattered",
"staggered",
"threw",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flip-flop":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in yo-yo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"yo-yo",
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"tergiversate",
"waffle",
"weasel",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"sidestep",
"skirt",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"straddle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flimsiness":{
"as in insubstantiality , diaphanousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diaphanousness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"exquisiteness",
"fineness",
"fragility",
"frangibility",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness",
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flicked (off)":{
"as in shut off , turned off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrested",
"braked",
"chocked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stuck",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off",
"dismantled",
"mothballed",
"phased out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"propelled",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flirtations":{
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
"examples":[
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
],
"synonyms":[
"flirter",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"jade",
"soubrette",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"dally",
"frivol",
"mess around",
"toy",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamp",
"court",
"mash",
"woo",
"josh",
"kid",
"put on",
"razz",
"rib",
"tease",
"fool",
"lead on",
"string along",
"manipulate",
"play (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"court",
"invite",
"woo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle (for)",
"fish (for)",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the attitude or behavior of one who insincerely courts the amorous attentions of others":{
"examples":[
"somehow got the bizarre notion that flirtation was appropriate during a job interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquetry",
"coquettishness",
"coyness",
"flirtatiousness",
"kittenishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dalliance",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaky":{
"having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure":{
"examples":[
"a tender but flaky crust on the pastry"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"friable",
"short"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crackly",
"crisped",
"crispened",
"crunchy",
"crusty",
"breakable",
"delicate",
"fragile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flings":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
],
"synonyms":[
"binges",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"larks",
"ploys",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sprees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capers",
"escapades",
"pranks",
"benders",
"brannigans",
"bums",
"busts",
"carouses",
"souses",
"splores",
"toots",
"antics",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"field days",
"festivities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"enjoyments",
"indulgences",
"pleasures",
"self-indulgences",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
],
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"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a brief romantic relationship":{
"examples":[
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"affaires",
"amours",
"love affairs",
"loves",
"romances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intrigues",
"liaisons",
"dalliances",
"hanky-pankies",
"attachments",
"infatuations",
"entanglements",
"flirtations",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"passions",
"calf-loves",
"puppy loves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flaming out":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flosses":{
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"fluffs",
"furs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flagships":{
"as in warships , tankers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flourishing":{
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
"examples":[
"a flourishing actor in the early years of the talkies"
],
"synonyms":[
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust",
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"socko"
],
"near antonyms":[
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"examples":[
"a flourishing market in sports memorabilia"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
]
},
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
"examples":[
"a flourishing community that has become a major beneficiary of the high-tech boom"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"golden",
"halcyon",
"healthy",
"lush",
"palmy",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"successful",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"floundering",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"as in flowering , blossoming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blossoming",
"flowering",
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"evolution",
"evolvement",
"expansion",
"progression",
"coming-of-age",
"maturity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriating",
"overgrowing",
"proliferating",
"shooting up",
"germinating",
"rooting",
"sprouting",
"blooming",
"flowering",
"fruiting",
"producing",
"propagating",
"regenerating",
"seeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluently":{
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"fluently negotiates even the most challenging slalom courses"
],
"synonyms":[
"easily",
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flautists":{
"as in pianists , flutists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flipping":{
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"examples":[
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
],
"synonyms":[
"leafing",
"riffling",
"skimming",
"thumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"dipping",
"glancing (at)",
"looking over",
"scanning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poring (over)",
"studying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"flip the coin over"
],
"synonyms":[
"inverting",
"reversing",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposing",
"exchanging",
"interchanging",
"shifting",
"switching",
"overturning",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"floweriness":{
"as in pretension , grandiosity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flanks":{
"a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line":{
"examples":[
"painted the name of the ship along its flank"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"sides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outsides",
"faces",
"tops",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"lees",
"leewards",
"windwards",
"lefts",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"midways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuts",
"adjoins",
"borders (on)",
"butts (on or against)",
"fringes",
"joins",
"marches (with)",
"neighbors",
"skirts",
"touches",
"verges (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaches (to)",
"communicates (with)",
"connects (with)",
"links (with)",
"bounds",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"fences",
"lines",
"margins",
"rims",
"surrounds",
"contacts",
"converges",
"meets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flatlining":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flexile":{
"as in flexible , resilient":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elastic",
"flexible",
"limber",
"resilient",
"workable",
"bendable",
"bendy",
"ductile",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"waxen",
"willowy",
"bending",
"giving",
"kneadable",
"tractable",
"yielding",
"adaptable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"shapable",
"shapeable",
"waxy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflexible",
"intractable",
"rigid",
"stiff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"floodlight":{
"as in lighting , flashlight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in light , illuminate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"burn",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"ignite",
"incinerate",
"kindle",
"bathe",
"beacon",
"emblaze",
"illume",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"light",
"lighten",
"beam",
"beat (down)",
"radiate",
"shine",
"gleam",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"highlight",
"spotlight",
"enhalo",
"halo",
"brighten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"darken",
"obfuscate",
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure",
"cover",
"shroud",
"veil",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flattens":{
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
"examples":[
"flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"evens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clips",
"crops",
"pares",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"trims",
"lays",
"presses",
"spreads",
"cards",
"combs",
"rakes",
"surfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"rumples",
"wrinkles",
"bends",
"kinks",
"dents",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flounce":{
"a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming":{
"examples":[
"a prom dress with small flounces along the hem"
],
"synonyms":[
"frill",
"furbelow",
"ruffle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"border",
"edging",
"fringe",
"trim",
"plait",
"pleat",
"ruff",
"bunting",
"skirting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mince , traipse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mince",
"traipse",
"prance",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"sweep",
"parade",
"promenade",
"pad",
"step",
"tread",
"pace",
"stride",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in lace , frill":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"boss",
"chase",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"redecorate",
"redo",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flying at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flicks":{
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"examples":[
"we could catch a flick together next weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"films",
"flickers",
"motion pictures",
"movies",
"moving pictures",
"pictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated cartoons",
"cartoons",
"docudramas",
"documentaries",
"features",
"featurettes",
"shorts",
"short subjects",
"silents",
"talkies",
"B movies",
"B pictures",
"cofeatures",
"co-features"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"darts",
"flickers",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flirts":{
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
"examples":[
"he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously"
],
"synonyms":[
"flirters",
"wantons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coquets",
"coquettes",
"jades",
"soubrettes",
"vamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
"examples":[
"the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coquets",
"coquettes",
"dallies",
"frivols",
"messes around",
"toys",
"trifles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"vamps",
"courts",
"mashes",
"woos",
"joshes",
"kids",
"puts on",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"teases",
"fools",
"leads on",
"strings along",
"manipulates",
"plays (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flying off the handle":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"fluorescences":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"studied the fluorescence of certain elements"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"flares",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glows",
"illuminations",
"incandescences",
"lights",
"luminescences",
"radiances",
"shines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashes",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glitters",
"scintillations",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"daylights",
"moonlights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"afterglows",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"beams",
"halos",
"haloes",
"rays",
"shafts",
"streaks",
"streams",
"sunbeams",
"glistens",
"glosses",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"polishes",
"reflections",
"sheens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"dusks",
"glooms",
"nights",
"shadows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flopping (down)":{
"as in lying (down) , dossing (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couching",
"dossing (down)",
"lying (down)",
"reclining",
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"lying up",
"napping",
"nodding",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bedding (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"rolling out",
"turning out",
"uprising",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"waking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluffiness":{
"as in flimsiness , insubstantiality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"airiness",
"delicacy",
"ethereality",
"etherealness",
"lightness",
"slightness",
"weightlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"massiveness",
"ponderousness",
"weightiness",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"substantiality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flown off the handle":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blown up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"flotsam":{
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the dispirited family picked through the flotsam of their possessions after the hurricane, looking for anything that could be salvaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashes",
"debris",
"detritus",
"remains",
"residue",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jetsam",
"leavings",
"remnant",
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flame":{
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"examples":[
"decided to look up an old flame while she was in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"hon",
"honey",
"love",
"squeeze",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"truelove"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beau",
"boy",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"swain",
"gal",
"girl",
"girlfriend",
"inamorata",
"ladylove",
"lass",
"mistress",
"tootsie",
"amour",
"lover",
"paramour",
"doll",
"duck(s)",
"pet",
"date",
"escort",
"steady",
"admirer",
"gallant",
"suitor",
"wooer",
"groom",
"husband",
"bride",
"wife",
"significant other",
"fianc\u00e9",
"intended",
"crush",
"heartthrob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"burn",
"combust",
"glow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"enkindle",
"deflagrate",
"fire",
"ignite",
"kindle",
"flare (up)",
"light (up)",
"flicker",
"gutter",
"waver",
"bake",
"broil",
"char",
"cook",
"melt",
"roast",
"scorch",
"swelter",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"spark",
"sputter",
"beam",
"brighten",
"radiate",
"beat (down)",
"flash",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"shine",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flare (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"wink",
"winkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flatten":{
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
"examples":[
"flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"crop",
"pare",
"prune",
"shave",
"trim",
"lay",
"press",
"spread",
"card",
"comb",
"rake",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rumple",
"wrinkle",
"bend",
"kink",
"dent",
"pit"
],
"antonyms":[
"rough",
"roughen"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fly sheets":{
"as in flyers , brochures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in handouts , dodgers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodgers",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"throwaways",
"booklets",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"folders",
"leaflets",
"pamphlets",
"advertisements",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"shoppers",
"tracts",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"pocket books",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"instructions",
"manuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashes back (to)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners"
],
"synonyms":[
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"reminds",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flank":{
"a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line":{
"examples":[
"painted the name of the ship along its flank"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"side"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outside",
"face",
"top",
"bottom",
"foot",
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface",
"lee",
"leeward",
"windward",
"left",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"midway"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line"
],
"synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch",
"verge (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floorwalkers":{
"as in clerks , salesmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clerks",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"salesgirls",
"salesladies",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"pitchmen",
"pitchwomen",
"salespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flirter":{
"a person who playfully shows another amorous attention":{
"examples":[
"she's a compulsive flirter , and you're just her prey for the moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"flirt",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coquet",
"coquette",
"jade",
"soubrette",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floozy":{
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
"examples":[
"a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies"
],
"synonyms":[
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"hoochie",
"hussy",
"Jezebel",
"minx",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"near synonyms":[
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"grisette",
"prostitute",
"trull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flutters":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"the site saw a flutter of construction last month, but nothing's happening now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"chances",
"crapshoots",
"enterprises",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"gambles",
"speculations",
"throws",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bets",
"hazards",
"stakes",
"wagers",
"liberties",
"dark horses",
"long shots",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure things"
]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"flails",
"flaps",
"flops",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bangs",
"batters",
"buffets",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"smacks",
"spanks",
"thumps",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flits",
"fans",
"oscillates",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"waves",
"palpitates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flesh":{
"animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{
"examples":[
"eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"meat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"game",
"poultry",
"red meat",
"variety meat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fluster":{
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
"examples":[
"all the yelling on the bus put the driver in a fluster"
],
"synonyms":[
"dither",
"fret",
"fuss",
"huff",
"lather",
"pother",
"stew",
"sweat",
"swelter",
"swivet",
"tizzy",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bother",
"dudgeon",
"pique",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"hand-wringing",
"panic",
"ado",
"agitation",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"furor",
"hysteria",
"uproar",
"nervous breakdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"examples":[
"there was a palpable fluster in the audience when I asked my awkward question"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashment",
"confusion",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"disgrace",
"ignominy",
"shame",
"debasement",
"degradation",
"humiliation",
"humble pie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-possession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"put off",
"put out",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"queer",
"shame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"relieve",
"soothe",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"assure",
"reassure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flounders":{
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bumbles",
"flogs",
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"struggles",
"stumbles",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"wallows",
"welters",
"falters",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"fumbles",
"muddles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasts",
"flies",
"glides",
"kilts",
"sails",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"barges",
"clumps",
"flogs",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flocks":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"bikes",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"masses",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"routs",
"scrums",
"swarms",
"throngs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"riffraffs",
"gaggles",
"heaps",
"mountains",
"piles",
"jams",
"logjams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of sheep crossing the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"droves",
"herds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colonies",
"coveys",
"gaggles",
"packs",
"plumps",
"pods",
"schools",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowds",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"throngs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besets",
"infests",
"invades",
"overruns",
"clogs",
"dams",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"plugs (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flail":{
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flap",
"flop",
"flutter",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bang",
"batter",
"buffet",
"knock",
"pound",
"smack",
"spank",
"thump",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flit",
"fan",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"swing",
"undulate",
"wave",
"palpitate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bludgeon , cudgel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"staff",
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"flogger",
"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fluted":{
"as in beveled , chamfered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beveled",
"bevelled",
"chamfered",
"abraded",
"filed",
"grazed",
"milled",
"rasped",
"scarified",
"scratched",
"grooved",
"scored",
"scribed",
"seamed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flatmates":{
"as in roommates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"roommates",
"roomies",
"cotenants",
"co-tenants",
"subtenants",
"guests",
"visitors",
"boarders",
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"renters",
"roomers",
"tenants",
"occupants",
"occupiers",
"residents",
"residers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"landladies",
"slumlords",
"hosts",
"innkeepers",
"proprietors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flutter":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"the site saw a flutter of construction last month, but nothing's happening now"
],
"synonyms":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"crapshoot",
"enterprise",
"flier",
"flyer",
"gamble",
"speculation",
"throw",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bet",
"hazard",
"stake",
"wager",
"liberty",
"dark horse",
"long shot",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure thing"
]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
"examples":[
"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"flail",
"flap",
"flop",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bang",
"batter",
"buffet",
"knock",
"pound",
"smack",
"spank",
"thump",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flit",
"fan",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"swing",
"undulate",
"wave",
"palpitate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floggers":{
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
"examples":[
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
],
"synonyms":[
"lashes",
"scourges",
"switches",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birches",
"blacksnakes",
"bullwhips",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhides",
"crops",
"hickories",
"knouts",
"quirts",
"rattans",
"rawhides",
"straps",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batons",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"nightsticks",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flysheets":{
"as in flyers , brochures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in handouts , dodgers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodgers",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"throwaways",
"booklets",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"folders",
"leaflets",
"pamphlets",
"advertisements",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"shoppers",
"tracts",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"pocket books",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"instructions",
"manuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flourishes":{
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriates",
"overgrows",
"proliferates",
"shoots up",
"germinates",
"roots",
"sprouts",
"blooms",
"flowers",
"fruits",
"produces",
"propagates",
"regenerates",
"seeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"as in waves , beckons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beckons",
"becks",
"shrugs",
"waves",
"gesticulations",
"gestures",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signals",
"signs",
"body languages",
"postures",
"indications",
"motions",
"sign languages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ruffles , flounces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flogging":{
"as in whipping , thrashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"barging",
"clumping",
"floundering",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"plodding",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"slogging",
"sloughing",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"tromping",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragging",
"flopping",
"hauling",
"blundering",
"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poising",
"wafting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezing",
"coasting",
"gliding",
"sliding",
"waltzing",
"whisking"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"bumbling",
"floundering",
"limping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"struggling",
"stumbling",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogging",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"wallowing",
"weltering",
"faltering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"fumbling",
"muddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasting",
"flying",
"gliding",
"kilting",
"sailing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flighty":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"examples":[
"you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"fiddle-footed",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
]
},
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
"examples":[
"flighty and giggly preteens at their first dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrained",
"ditzy",
"ditsy",
"dizzy",
"featherbrained",
"frivolous",
"frothy",
"futile",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"light-minded",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"yeasty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"inane",
"nonsensical",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"daft",
"fruity",
"exuberant",
"flippant",
"fluttery",
"giggly",
"happy",
"light",
"lighthearted",
"playful",
"sappy",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"melancholy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"thoughtful",
"dignified",
"heavy",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"severe",
"solemn",
"staid"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"unfrivolous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"floodlights":{
"as in lightings , flashlights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in lights , illuminates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"fires",
"flames",
"glares",
"glows",
"ignites",
"incinerates",
"kindles",
"bathes",
"beacons",
"emblazes",
"illumes",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"lights",
"beams",
"beats (down)",
"radiates",
"shines",
"gleams",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"highlights",
"spotlights",
"enhaloes",
"haloes",
"brightens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"darkens",
"obfuscates",
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures",
"covers",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floodgates":{
"as in sluices":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sluices",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"blocks",
"barrages",
"milldams",
"stanks",
"weirs",
"locks",
"canals",
"channels",
"ditches",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"ramparts",
"breakwaters",
"jetties",
"seawalls",
"dams",
"dikes",
"embankments",
"heads",
"levees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fly in the ointment":{
"something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult":{
"examples":[
"The delay in the delivery of our appliances was a fly in the ointment during our kitchen renovation."
],
"synonyms":[
"complexity",
"complicacy",
"complication",
"convolution",
"difficulty",
"intricacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"ramification",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"subtlety",
"technicality",
"annoyance",
"bitch",
"bother",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"matter",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flirtatious":{
"feeling or showing a sexual attraction for someone that is usually not meant to be taken seriously":{
"examples":[
"feeling flirtatious",
"a flirtatious smile",
"a flirtatious mood"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flirty",
"coquettish",
"coy",
"demure",
"kittenish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fleabite":{
"as in discomfort , pinprick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"pandora's box",
"pinprick",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floor-throughs":{
"as in garden apartments , duplex apartments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fleshiness":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"the fleshiness of the foreign tourists was in sharp contrast to the gauntness of the native Africans"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being full of juice":{
"examples":[
"loves the fleshiness of ripe watermelon"
],
"synonyms":[
"juiciness",
"pulpiness",
"succulence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sap",
"sappiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"waterlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flawlessly":{
"without any flaws or errors":{
"examples":[
"flawlessly recited the first 100 digits of pi"
],
"synonyms":[
"faultlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"pat",
"perfectly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superiorly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"flatlines":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flown into a rage":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
],
"synonyms":[
"blown up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flaxen":{
"of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color":{
"examples":[
"fields of flaxen wheat waving in the wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"blond",
"blonde",
"fair",
"golden",
"sandy",
"straw",
"tawny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ocherous",
"ochreous",
"ash-blond",
"ash-blonde",
"blondish",
"strawberry blonde",
"strawberry blond",
"towheaded",
"gold",
"light",
"white"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black-a-vised",
"brown",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"dark",
"olive",
"swart",
"swarthy",
"black",
"ebony",
"raven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flinch":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"there are some patients who flinch at the mere sight of a needle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blench",
"cringe",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"wince"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanch",
"pale",
"whiten",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"crouch",
"jerk",
"start",
"twitch",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"falter",
"hesitate",
"reel",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"near",
"beard",
"challenge",
"confront",
"defy",
"face"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wince , squinch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squinch",
"wince",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revulsion , recoil":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"rout",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement",
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flyboys":{
"as in aces , barnstormers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"barnstormers",
"bush pilots",
"copilots",
"test pilots",
"airmen",
"aviators",
"birdmen",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flares":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a flare in gift card sales around graduation time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"ended the quarrel with a stunning flare of swearwords"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"fluorescences",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glows",
"illuminations",
"incandescences",
"lights",
"luminescences",
"radiances",
"shines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashes",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glitters",
"scintillations",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"daylights",
"moonlights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"afterglows",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"beams",
"halos",
"haloes",
"rays",
"shafts",
"streaks",
"streams",
"sunbeams",
"glistens",
"glosses",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"polishes",
"reflections",
"sheens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"dusks",
"glooms",
"nights",
"shadows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flames",
"glares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flumes":{
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open man-made passageway for water":{
"examples":[
"built a flume next to the road for runoff"
],
"synonyms":[
"aqueducts",
"canals",
"channels",
"conduits",
"courses",
"racecourses",
"raceways",
"watercourses",
"waterways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"floodways",
"sluices",
"sluiceways",
"spillways",
"swashes",
"tideways",
"torrents",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"rivers",
"rivulets",
"streams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fleeing":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"flying",
"melting",
"sinking",
"vanishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanking (out)",
"clearing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"drying up",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"blurring",
"dimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arriving",
"breaking out",
"coming out",
"emerging",
"issuing",
"looming",
"showing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appearing",
"materializing"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconding",
"breaking out (of)",
"clearing out",
"escaping",
"flying",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"running away",
"running off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading",
"losing",
"shunning",
"decamping",
"departing",
"eloping",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"moving",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"sallying (forth)",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"bringing off",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"coming back",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"flying",
"hightailing (it)",
"retreating",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping (out)",
"skirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagging":{
"as in sagging , drooping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting",
"dangling",
"dependent",
"hanging",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"pendulous",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tired , exhausted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drained",
"exhausted",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"paralyzed",
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drooping , limping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"limping",
"exhaustion",
"regression",
"relapse",
"setback",
"atrophy",
"debilitation",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"enfeeblement",
"weakening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comeback",
"improvement",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"revitalization",
"snapback",
"invigoration",
"strengthening",
"progress",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"flowers flagging in the summer heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooping",
"hanging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"swagging",
"wilting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouching",
"slumping",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"dropping",
"falling",
"sinking",
"subsiding",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distending",
"stiffening",
"rising",
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"emaciating",
"fading",
"failing",
"going",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"sagging",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"flagged the cars into the other parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoning",
"gesturing",
"motioning",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"waving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodding",
"gesticulating",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"signing",
"signalizing",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"informing",
"relating",
"telling",
"flourishing",
"shrugging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flairs":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"a person with a flair for making friends quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks",
"talents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flowing":{
"capable of moving like a liquid":{
"examples":[
"a flowing silk scarf"
],
"synonyms":[
"fluent",
"fluid",
"liquid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumfluent",
"circumfluous",
"diluted",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"semiliquid",
"semisolid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"gelatinous",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"thick",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"viscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"nonliquid",
"solid"
]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pouring",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arising",
"disemboguing",
"effusing",
"emanating",
"issuing",
"springing",
"coursing",
"racing",
"rushing",
"fountaining",
"gushing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"deluging",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overrunning",
"swamping",
"cascading",
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"guttering",
"riffling",
"rippling",
"sheeting",
"trickling",
"flushing",
"washing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelling",
"hardening",
"setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing up"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"brushing",
"coasting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"gliding",
"rolling",
"sailing",
"skimming",
"sliding",
"slipping",
"streaming",
"sweeping",
"whisking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"rushing",
"speeding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"stumbling",
"trudging",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"laboring",
"toiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flown at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
"synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"bushwhacked",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"gone in (on)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"stricken",
"trashed",
"turned (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overrun",
"enveloped",
"flanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flamboyant":{
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"has a gallery of flamboyant gestures that makes him easy to imitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"Las Vegas showgirls wearing flamboyant headdresses"
],
"synonyms":[
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excessive",
"extravagant",
"fulsome",
"hammy",
"overdone",
"over-the-top",
"overwrought",
"pretentious",
"baroque",
"bedizened",
"ornate",
"fancy",
"snazzy",
"zooty",
"blaring",
"bright",
"florid",
"glaring",
"glittery",
"overbright",
"spectacular",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"tinselly",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"fitting",
"proper",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flintlocks":{
"as in shotguns , muskets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"arms",
"firearms",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms",
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"revolvers",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"spearguns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flanking":{
"having a border in common":{
"examples":[
"flanking farms that share the same water source"
],
"synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
]
},
"as in envelopment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"envelopment",
"sally",
"sortie",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line"
],
"synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering (on)",
"butting (on or against)",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaching (to)",
"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flowerets":{
"as in buds , florets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buds",
"florets",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flowers",
"bouquets",
"nosegays",
"posies",
"arrangements",
"boutonnieres",
"corsages",
"garlands",
"leis",
"sprays",
"wreaths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floodplains":{
"as in basins , potholes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"kettles",
"potholes",
"canyons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grasslands , uplands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"grasslands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"pampas",
"plains",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands",
"fields",
"meadows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flyspeck":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"surreptitiously removed a flyspeck of dirt from the china"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flout":{
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
],
"synonyms":[
"despise",
"disregard",
"scorn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismiss",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slur (over)",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"approve",
"use"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fly sheet":{
"as in flyer , brochure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in handout , dodger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodger",
"handbill",
"handout",
"throwaway",
"booklet",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"folder",
"leaflet",
"pamphlet",
"advertisement",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"shopper",
"tract",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"instructions",
"manual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flying into a rage":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}